Editing Lime Lake-Machias, New York

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'''Lime Lake-Machias''' was a [[census-designated place]] including two [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]]s  in the northeast part of the [[Machias, New York|Town of Machias]], in [[Cattaraugus County, New York]], United States. As of the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], it had a population of 1,422. For the 2010 census, the area was delineated as two separate CDPs, '''[[Lime Lake, New York|Lime Lake]]''' (pop. 867) and '''[[Machias (CDP), New York|Machias]]''' (pop. 471).

==Geography==
Lime Lake-Machias is located at {{Coord|42|25|40|N|78|28|58|W|type:city}} (42.427655, -78.482689).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP had a total area of {{convert|3.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|3.3|sqmi|km2}} was land and {{convert|0.4|sqmi|km2}}, or 10.08%, was water.

Lime Lake is also the name of a small [[lake]] in this region, about one mile in diameter.

[[New York State Route 16]] and Cattaraugus County Route 62 connect Lime Lake to Machias. [[New York State Route 242]]'s eastern terminus is just south of Lime Lake.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,422 people, 526 households, and 360 families residing in the community. The population density was {{convert|430.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 819 housing units at an average density of {{convert|248.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.82% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.21% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.35% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.14% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.48% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.98% of the population.

There were 526 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. Slightly over quarter (26.0%) of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the region, the population was spread out, with 23.1% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.1 males.

The median income for a household in the community was $26,579, and the median income for a family was $33,194. Males had a median income of $26,429 versus $22,083 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $13,696. About 12.6% of families and 15.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 21.5% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Cattaraugus County, New York}}

[[Category:Former census-designated places in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Populated places in Cattaraugus County, New York]]